Developers of WhatsApp, the ultra-popular new-age instant messenger app, have been trying out new features off late. We have seen various leaks regarding the upcoming VoIP calling feature in WhatsApp in the recent past, but none has actually been released to the public. Now, proofs have surfaced on the Internet, … Read More
2014 has been a tremendous year for Instant messengers. The category attracted more investment and innovation since Facebook acquired WhatsApp back in February for whooping $19B. What’s interesting about this category is that there’s no clear winner, as of yet. WhatsApp itself was slow to rule the US market, it first gained … Read More
Phone directory app, Truecaller, which holds half of its 100 million users in India, is planning to expand its base in the country by setting up a research and development (R&D) centre and hiring more marketing personnel. Truecaller was started in 2009 by Alan Mamedi and Nami Zarringhalam, the Swedish … Read More
The news of WhatsApp getting the voice calling functionality has been floating around for a while now, but it looks like that we are finally narrowing in for its launch. Some new screenshots have reached the Internet, which suggest that the VoIP ability of the IM app is going to come … Read More
The HERE maps service, which is one of the key features of Nokia’s Lumia software package, will not be developed by Nokia for Windows Phone anymore. Microsoft, which acquired Nokia’s mobile phone business, will be taking charge of development of HERE maps from now onwards. Nokia is now moving on to developing HERE Maps … Read More
In an surprising announcement, LINE, the company behind the popular LINE Messenger, has acquired Nokia’s MixRadio music streaming service from Microsoft. Nokia announced about this acquisition of MixRadio by LINE on the Lumia Conversations Blog. According to a team in Bristol, UK, the deal is expected to be completed in … Read More
As we draw closer to the end of the year and the festive season of Christmas approaches we see companies drawing customers with attractive offerings and discounts. Google is trying to use the opportunity to introduce users to the media content in the play store aka. Movies and music albums. … Read More
Are you a Skype user in India and also a regular caller to the U.S and Canada? We have a good news for you, Skype has announced free calling offer to the aforementioned countries. The offer is exclusively for its India users. Soon after announcing the real-time Translator Preview Program, … Read More
WhatsApp has a huge market share when compared to its competitors like Viber, Line, WeChat, Hike, Telegram, etc., but it is still lacking some features such as video calling, voice calling, stickers, and a desktop client. It looks like WhatsApp has been working on some of these missing features. A … Read More
When SMS rates where hiked and daily cap on SMS was imposed, most of us shifted to WhatsApp & Facebook for messaging. Then operators started increasing 2G internet rates to new heights with monthly packs going as high as Rs 175/month. But most of the users don’t need full internet access, … Read More
Ever wondered how cool it would be if you could get your home WiFi connection to follow you wherever you travel across the city, so you would not have to rely on your cell phone network provider’s slow data connection be it 2G or 3G. Here is a pioneer effort … Read More
It has always been sunny side up for Android users, as they always enjoyed the liberty to change their stock keyboard to exciting and more useful third-party keyboard alternatives. With time, the range of apps got bigger and so did the quality. So, all this time when iOS users were … Read More
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